Sunday, May 29, 2011

SLA 2011 Schedule of Events

Here is a list of the News Division programs at the 2011 SLA Conference in Philadelphia. For more information about the conference, check out the Conference Planner on the SLA website.

Saturday, June 112:00 PM - 5:00 PMTour of the Philadelphia Inquirer

Sunday, June 124:00 PM - 5:00 PMNews Division Executive Board Meeting

7:00 PM - 10:00 PMNews Division Open House and Silent Auction

Monday, June 137:30 AM - 9:00 AMThe Useful ArchiveSpeakers: Ed Summers, Information Technology Specialist, Library of Congress, and Derek Willis, Researcher, The New York TimesThe Linked Data movement is an effort by W3C, the Library of Congress, and others to link heretofore unconnected data and make it findable on the Semantic Web. The session panelists will explain the purposes and goals of linked data, how it works, and how it can make your archives more useful for internal users and external information seekers.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AMIntentional Misinformation on the InternetSpeakers: Anne Mintz, DeskSet Intelligence, and Elizabeth Edwards, IndependentThis session will focus on consequential examples of intentional misinformation and remedies for those who are caught unawares.

2:00 PM - 3:30 PMNews Division Business Meeting

7:00 PM - 10:00 PMNews Division Awards Reception

Tuesday, June 148:00 AM - 9:30 AMResearching Privately Held Companies: Information Sources and Techniques That WorkSpeakers: August Jackson, Market Intelligence Analyst and Project Manager, VerizonA key issue facing information and CI professionals is obtaining information on privately held companies. Attendees will learn how to solve one of their biggest information challenges.

Wednesday, June 1510:00 AM - 11:30 AM"Opening" the Special Library: Open Source, Open Content, Open Data and MoreSpeakers: Mike Linksvayer, Vice President, Creative Commons, and Amanda HickmanThis session will feature an interactive discussion of the merits and drawbacks of implementing and using these new technologies and protocols. Is “open” reliable, authenticated and trustworthy? Are management and IT on board? The session will include a demonstration by DocumentCloud, an open source document repository/OCR resource for journalists and others working with primary documents.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PMMining Public RecordsSpeakers: Bridget Gilhool, Head Librarian, Antitrust Library, U.S. Department of Justice, and Jennifer McMahan, U.S. Department of JusticeModerator: Marie Kaddell, LexisNexisThis program will cover sites and strategies useful in public records research. We will demonstrate creative ways to use (mostly) free sites on the Web to find location and real property data, birth/death and marriage/divorce records, company affiliations, professional licenses, court records, and more.